Genus Acidisoma
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Acidisoma Belova et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Acidisoma tundrae Belova et al. 2009.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum (from L. adj. acidus -a -um, sour, tart, acid), an acid; Gr. neut. n. soma, body; N.L. neut. n. Acidisoma, an acid (-requiring) body.
Valid publication: BELOVA (S.E.), PANKRATOV (T.A.), DETKOVA (E.N.), KAPARULLINA (E.N.) and DEDYSH (S.N.): Acidisoma tundrae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Acidisoma sibiricum sp. nov., two acidophilic, psychrotolerant members of the Alphaproteobacteria from acidic northern wetlands. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2283-2290.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Acidisoma sibiricum Belova et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TPB606 = DSM 21000 = VKM B-2487.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM947653.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. sibiricum from Siberia (region in northwestern Asia, the name said to come from Sibir, ancient Tatar fortress at the confluence of the rivers Tobol and Irtysh), the region of Russia from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: BELOVA (S.E.), PANKRATOV (T.A.), DETKOVA (E.N.), KAPARULLINA (E.N.) and DEDYSH (S.N.): Acidisoma tundrae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Acidisoma sibiricum sp. nov., two acidophilic, psychrotolerant members of the Alphaproteobacteria from acidic northern wetlands. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2283-2290.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Acidisoma tundrae Belova et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) WM1 = DSM 19999 = VKM B-2488.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM947652.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. tundrae, of/from the tundra, of the northern zone of Eurasia and North America.
Valid publication: BELOVA (S.E.), PANKRATOV (T.A.), DETKOVA (E.N.), KAPARULLINA (E.N.) and DEDYSH (S.N.): Acidisoma tundrae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Acidisoma sibiricum sp. nov., two acidophilic, psychrotolerant members of the Alphaproteobacteria from acidic northern wetlands. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2283-2290.
Original article in IJSEM Online